Wheeling and edge-setting machine.



WTA/[SSES L. W. G. FLYNT.

WHEELING AND EDGE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 24, 1913.

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WHEELING AND EDGE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24, 19113.

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LOUIS W. G. FLYNT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY I GOMFANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A, CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Application flied February 24, 1913. I Serial No. 750,432.

To all whom it may concern: v

' Be it known that Llnuis Fnrn'r, a subject of the=King of Great Britain, siding at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in lVheeling and Edge-Setting Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indlcating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to machines'for finishingthe marginal portions of the soles of boots and shoes. More particularly it relates to machines of the type that set the edge of the sole and simultaneously wheel 01'- indent the upper marginal surface of the sole.

The invention aims to devise a machine of the character indicated which shall have provision for eifecting-readil the adjustment of the tools and for hol ing them se curely in their adjusted positions, and particularly to devise a construction that can be manufactured more economically than similar machines heretofore proposed.

The several features of the invention will be clearly understood from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof, reference being made to ,the accompany. ing drawings, in which.

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the head of a machine for simu1taneously setting and wheeling the marginal portions of shoe 'soles;'Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the supporting and adjusting mech anism' for the tools; and Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1. In the drawings, 2, indicates a portion of the machine frame having suitable bearings for the support of a rock shaft 4 that is caused to oscillate rapidly about its axis by any suitable mechanism. As shown, this shaft is provided at its forward end with a depending portion 6 which oscillates with the shaft and will be referred to hereinafter as the rocker frame.

A tool carrier 8 of substantially U-shape in transverse cross section is pivotally connected at 10t0 the rear end of the rocker frame and receives the forward part of the rocker frame between its vertical walls, these overlapping walls being'slotted to receive a bolt 12 that extends transversely through the rocker frame. By this. oonstructign the tool Specification of Letters Patent.

WHEELING AND EDGE-SETTING MACHINE.

Patented 1380.9, 1913.

carrier 8 is enabled to have a limited pivotal movement on the rocker frame; and in order tomake this movement yielding a spiral spring 14 is located in a bore or seat formed in the lower side of the frame and bears against the bottom wall of the tool carrier. formed by stamping out a piece of heavy sheet metal of suitable form and bending it up into the shape shown, the apertures for the pivots and bolts being formed in the stamping operation.

The tool carrier supports an indenting Wheel 16 and an edge setting tool 18, the actingfaces of these tools being so located that they can operate simultaneously on the mar- This carrier may, if desired,-be

ginal portion of a shoe sole, as indicated in rod 20. Another transverse pin 30 carried by the rod near its rearward end is adapted to engage the guide 24 to limit the forward movement of. the rod under the influence of the spring 26.

The edge setting tool shown is formedfrom barstock of rectangular cross section and has a socket drilled in its shank to receive the end of the rod 20 so that when .the tool is in operative position one of its fiat faces bears against the'lower side of the tool carrier 8. In order to clamp the tool in the tool carrier, the stem of the draw bar 22 is provided with a .nut 32 which is arranged to slide in a bore formed in the rocker frame 6 concentrically with the seat for the spring la and a spiral. spring 34 is positioned in this bore-inside the spring 14 and bears at one end againstthe bottom of the tool carrier and at its opposite end against the nut. 32. The tension of the spring 345 is trans mitted through the draw bolt to the tool supportin member 20 and clamps the fiat surface 0 the edge settin tool against the under side of the tool carrier and also locks thqrod 20 against movement. If desired,

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'finger hook may be roughened eaded as indicated in l, and the 3 2 of the draw bolt may be correspondingly roughened or th 's-d. to insure a more positive locking of e rod in adjijrsted position.

The support for the indenting wheel 16 comprises a casing 36 mounted bet. een the walls of the tool carrier 8 on a pivot bolt 38 so that it can be moved into different angular positions with relation to the edge setting tool 18.. l i ithin the casing a slide i0 is mounted for movement toward and from the edge setting tool and a spindle 4-2, upon which the indenting wheel is rotatably mounted, 1s removably supported, in the slide by means of a draw bolt' 4:4: having an eye to'receive the spindle and an'internally threaded shank to receive a clamping screw 46. The bolt 14 slides in a bore formedin the member 40 and the head of the screw 16 bears on the bottom of an enlarged portion of said bore, as shown in Fig. 2. The slide 10 lS 11Igd out of the casing 36 by means of a spiral spring 18 positioned in the casing behind the slide but this movement islirnited by an adjustable stop rod 50 having a hooked end arranged to engage the forward end of the slide, theshank of the rod being adjustable in a longitudinal aperture extending through a boss on the top of the cas ng. A draw bolt 52 engages the rod and is operated by a nut 54 threaded on to itsstem toclamp the rod in adjusted position.

The heating of the tools 16 and 18 is effected by small gas burners 56 and 58, having connection with a gas supply pipe 60 that is firmly secured to the frame. This pipe also. serves as a support for an adjustable block 62 in which a 64 is mounted to slide toward and from position to be engaged readily by the workman when operating around the toe portion of a shoe.

From the foregoing description it will be evident that in order to remove or adjust the edge setting iron 18 it is merely necessary to depress the draw bolt 29., thus releasing the rod 20 and unclamping the tool 18. The tool may then be removed and an other substituted for it, theproper adjustment of the new tool being eflected by pushing it back against the tension of the spring 26 until it has arrived in the desired posi tion, when the pressure on the draw bolt.-

or removal of the tools, the end of the shaft 4; may be drilled, as best indicated at 66, Fig. 3, to receive a stud projecting from one side of a tool of the form indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, this tool having a cam or back until it holds-the slide in a portion adapted to bear on the nut to depress the eraw bar 92 when turned to the left as viewed in said figure". Angular adustment of the indenting wheel 16 with rela'tion to the edge setting tool 18 is effected merely by tipping the casing 38 until the wheel comes into the ed angular position, the friction between the walls of the tool car ier and the sides of the casing be ing sui'licientto hold the casing in adjusted position,

The adjustment of the indenting wheel transversely of the acting face of the edge setting tool is, of course, effected. by loosen-. ing the stop rod 50 and moving it forward position that brings the wheel into the-desired. tionship to the edge setting tool. When it is desired to remove the indenting wheel, the stop rod 50 is turned sufficiently to release the slide from contact therewith and allow it to be pushed forwardly by the spring 48.

The clamping screw 46 may then be loosened to release the spindle 42 from the clamping action of the draw bolt 44, whereupon the spindle may be removed from the slide taking the indenting wheel with it.

.Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a machine of the class described the combination of a rocker frame, a tool carrier mounted to rock with said frame, a tool supporting member carried by said tool carrier and mounted for movement relatively to said carrier, and a draw bolt arranged to engage said member to lock the member and tool' in operative position on the carrier.

2. In a machine of the class described the combination of a rocker frame, a tool carrier mounted to rock with said frame, a tool supporting membercarried by said tool .carr erand mounted for adjustment rela tively to said carrier, a spring tending to move said member relatively to the carrier, and a draw bolt arranged to engage said member to look it in adjusted position.

3. In amachineof the class described the combination of a rocker frame, a tool carrier mounted to rock with said frame, a tool supporting rod mounted at one side of said carrier, an edge setting tool having a flat surface to engage the side of the carrier and having a socket to receive said rod, and means arranged to act upon said rod to clamp the fiat surface of the tool against the side of the tool carrier.

4; In a machine of the class described the combination of a rocker frame, a tool carrier mounted for limited pivotal movement on said frame,'a spring interposed between said frame and carrier, an indenting wheel supported by said tool carrier, a tool supporting rod mounted on said carrier for movement toward and from said indenting wheel, a spring actington said rod to move rier mounted to rock with said frame, an.

edge setting tool supported by said carrier, a casing supported on said carrier for angular ad ustment relatively to said tool, a

slide mounted in said casing formovement' toward and from the. tool, a spindle removably supported in said slide, an indenting wheel mounted on said spindle ad'acent to said-edge settin tool, and a draw olt carried by the sli e and arranged to engage said spindle to lock it in adjusted posltion in the slide. I a

6. In a machine of the class described the combination of a rocker frame, a tool carrier pivoted to said rocker frame and having side walls arranged to overlap a 'portion of said frame, a spring interposed between said frame and carrler and tending to force the carrier away from the frame, means for limitin the movement of the carrier under the influence of said spring, an edge setting tool mounted on said carrier, a casing su ported between said side walls of the carrier for angular adjustment with relation to said edge setting tool and an indenting wheel mounted in said casing for adjustment toward and from said tool.

7. In a maclgne of the class described the combination 0 a rocker frame, a tool carslide mounted in said casing for movement. toward and from the tool, an indenting wheel removablyse'cur'ed to said slide,' a.statiOnary stop adjustably supported --in the casing and arranged to limit the'forward r movement of the slide, and means or -ne1d-.,

ing said stop in adjusted-position. t

7 so; 8. In a machine ofthe'elass describedtli'e combination of a'rocker'frame, a tool. car+ rier pivoted to said rocker frame and ha'v-' ,2

of said frame, means forlimitin'g t e pivotal movement of said carrier onsaidrocker frame, a spiral spring seated in said frame and bearing on'said-carrier, anndentmg wheel mounted-on said carrler, a tool supporting rod mounted at one side of said carrier for adjustment toward and from said indenting wheel, an edge setting tool positioned on said rod and having a fiat surface to bear against a face of the carrier, a draw bolt embracing said rod and having a stem extending through said spiral spring, a second spring positioned within the first mentioned spring and arranged to act on said-bolt to clamp the rod and tool in adjusted position on the carrier.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SADIE M. RYAN,- JAMES ,R. -Orr'mnn.

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